AP English Lit on Thursday

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<p>Starchy- yea I said that too :slight_smile: three lined stanzas (tercet) and lots o’ metaphors</p>

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<p>The Mark Twain passage was also on a 2005 PSAT, and the first poem (“Remembrance”) was in the Kaplan 2009 AP Lit prep book. (Of course both had different questions!)</p>

<p>College Board gettin’ laaaazy…</p>

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<p>garfieldliker- “I said vigor of bone was principles, since all the other traits he listed were character traits…”- High birth is not a character trait.</p>

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<p>It DID have tercets and metaphors and that question was an except. so it had to be regular meter… right? :confused: </p>

<p>Wow I bombed this test…</p>

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<p>What did you say for “Grief”? There was a question that contained answers like “being ashamed” and “not fully experiencing grief”. Wasn’t it about being “half-taught”?</p>

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<p>I didn’t know what syllogisms were hehe</p>

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<p>NRNitz, his list was something like high birth, vigor of bone, wit, beauty, virtue, etc. “Physical strength” seemed too surface level/literal to me…</p>

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<p>vigour of bone = strength</p>

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<p>Why would that be too literal? Physical strength is also important as a Greek hero.</p>

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<p>All subjects to envious time- time sought to destroy them- all those things decay over time- physical strength decays over time so physical strength is vigor of bone. Thanks Liam for the post</p>

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<p>Starchy- “Also, the Lady Eustace passage, the narrator was judgmental towards the woman was also a question.”- I didn’t think the narrator was judgmental towards Lady Eustace.</p>

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<p>@dreamer: Two different questions. Regular meter was an answer to the except question for the frogs problem. The question with tercet and metaphors was asking which literary devices the poet used in the poem, which was I and II. III was refrains and it wasn’t used.</p>

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<p>Garfieldliker but if you consider the social context of the time that revolved around “warrior” culture, physical strength WAS a characteristic that was really valued… Idk I just want to justify my answer so I don’t lose all hope :P</p>

<p>starchywinky oh yes you’re right. good memory!</p>

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<p>^So do principles, so that’s not a unique argument</p>

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<p>The Frog in the Swimming Pool

  1. Blended into his environment
  2. Unattractive and lonely
  3. “Let me count the waves” is compared to “let me count the ways” because it relates common events
  4. Doesn’t contain regular meter
  5. Touch of nature = similarities we share???
  6. I and II</p>

<p>Marius

  1. “Bless his heart” = ironic interjection
  2. Marius was not a bigot
  3. Death= overexaggerated
  4. Police were not satirized
  5. Muffing = spoiling the opportune moment to die
  6. Had Marius not died, he would have been an inconsequential figure
  7. Marius was seen as a minor talent
  8. Friends were relieved by his death
  9. Antecedent = old friends</p>

<p>Lady Eustace

  1. Calculated allure
  2. Sir Florian is a victim
  3. Hair accesories
  4. Passage was broken down into parenthetical statements
  5. Her thin pink streak of heart indicated her coldness
  6. Sir Florian was bewitched by her
  7. Vigor of bone = strength</p>

<p>Achilles

  1. Worldly attitude
  2. Ajax = latest to gain fame
  3. Usage of similes and metaphors
  4. (question about alms)
  5. Time was the most discussed
  6. One has to constantly perform deeds to gain recognition
  7. Achiles = gilt overdusted
  8. I, II, and III
  9. Rivals overtook Achilles</p>

<p>Despair

  1. Silent was the answer to the first question
  2. In was the word omitted
  3. People were not fully experiencing grief</p>
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<p>He was using her physical traits to make an assumption of how she really was. By saying she was dangerous because she had big eyes, calculating because she had her hair on one side. I mean…that’s pretty judgmental if you ask me.</p>

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<p>I agree with people not fully experiencing grief. What did the marble statue represent? I said death. And when it crumbles I used that to say that grief is something that is relieved over time or Sonething to that effect</p>

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<p>@starchywinky
Yeah I think it’s judgmental. The other choices were charmed/petulant and a couple others that were definitely ruled out.</p>

<p>Going back to it, for The Frog in the Swimming Pool, what question does ‘Blended into his environment’ answer?</p>

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<h1>7 on Lady Eustace should be on Achilles.</h1>

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<p>Good to know that I got half right on the MC. The multiple choice was pretty difficult.</p>